Warning : SPOILERS for Gold Goblin # 3Marvel has at long last insert aSpider - Manvariant even more pathetic than Peter Parker , and he ’s so down on his luck that he ’s forced to puzzle out birthday parties . The webslinger is oftentimes seen as one of the most luckless hero sandwich in the Marvel Universe , with his unfitness to adjudge down a task , uphold a family relationship , or discharge his schooling without his career as a superhero getting in the way . But inGold Goblin # 2 , this Spider - Man ’s career enrages a franchise scoundrel so much that the wallcrawler isdefeated by the Green Goblinthrough unmingled superfluity .

In current comedian persistence , Spider - Man has hit infrangible stone bottom . A mysterious decision he made six months ago ( an act still unknown by the audience ) has left him with zero friends , no John Cash , and no relationship with Mary Jane , who has since moved on and is live with another man . To make matters worse , his one remain ally seems to be Norman Osborn . gratefully , this Norman has reformed since his Green Goblin ways andis now the larger-than-life Gold Goblin- but Osborn is still wrestling with his inner demons , tribal chief among them his short temper .

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InGold Goblin # 3 , publish by Christopher Cantwell with art by Lan Medina , Manhattan isoverrun by theDark Webevent , force many in the city to take tax shelter . Osborn is a physical mess ; he ’s just return from a patrol as the Gold Goblin , only to find a Spider - Man entertaining small fry - and Osborn mistakes him for therealSpider - Man . “You should be out there , cleaning up the great deal your stupid clone made!“he outcry . The Spider - Man is so embarassed and enraged , he storms out , mumble that no amount of pay is worth Osborn ’s wrath .

Birthday Party Spider-Man Has The Worst Luck Ever

On the plus side , Spider - Man is so well - know in New York that birthday party Spider - Men appear to be quite usual . Unfortunately , Norman ’s ire is incurred by the show of this entertainer Spider - mankind - andwhile this is n’t Peter Parker , there ’s no reason why he ca n’t supplement his income by making public appearances now and then . Peter ’s own guilt would never let him to do this , as he ’d immediately think the same thing as Norman : he should be outsavinginstead ofentertaining .

The real Spider - Man , meanwhile , is out of New York completely . After abattle with his clone Ben Reilly(calling himself Chasm now ) , the Doppelganger expend his newly - acquired magic to deposit Peter Parker in his own personal hell on earth : an office where a demonic version of J. Jonah Jameson squall at him for being late . It seems that every version ofSpider - Mansimply can not watch a break , disregardless of their occupation .

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